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The  ORIGIN 
and  PURPOSE 

t 

OF  THE 

UNITED 

SIMULTANEOUS 

CAMPAIGN 


Extracts  from  the  Findings 
Atlantic  City  World  Survey  Conference 
January  7-10 ,  1920 


is 

^INTERCHURCH  World  Movement 

of  9\/brth  America 

45  WEST  18th  STREET  NEW  YORK  CITY 


The  World  Budget  of  the 
United  Simultaneous  Campaign 


Foreign  Missions .  $107,661,488 

Home  Missions .  109,949,037 

American  Education .  78,837,431 

American  Religious  Education .  5,931,925 

American  Hospitals  and  Homes .  5,116,465 

American  Ministerial  Pensions  and  Relief .  20,510,299 

Miscellaneous . .  8,770,927 


Total  amount  to  be  subscribed  in  1920 .  $336,777 ,572 


The  Cooperating  Denominations 
and  their  Financial  Goals 

Advent  Christian  Church . .  $  35.000 

Northern  Baptist  Convention . 130,533,000 

National  Baptist  Convention .  10,250,000 

General  Baptists . 272,500 

Church  of  the  Brethren .  3,219,598 

Brethren  Church .  200,000 

Christian  Church .  727,698 

Congregational  Churches.  .  . . 16,508,470 

Disciples  of  Christ .  12,501,138 

Evangelical  Association .  1,394,260 

United  Evangelical  Church .  305,983 

Evangelical  Synod  of  North  America .  1,846,521 

Society  of  Friends  in  America .  4,532,081 

Society  of  Friends  in  California .  40,000 

Holiness  Church .  50,000 

General  Conference  of  Mennonites .  82,000 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church .  34,485,737 

Methodist  Protestant  Church .  1,745,866 

Free  Methodist  Church  of  North  America .  6,234,986 

African  Methodist  Episcopal  Zion  Church .  212,000 

Colored  Methodist  Episcopal  Church .  250,000 

Reformed  Zion  Union  Apostolic  Church .  17,263 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A .  44,970,000 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  (South) .  7,865,445 

Associate  Reformed  Presbyterian  Synod .  392,264 

Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  in  North  America  Synod .  529,472 

United  Presbyterian  Church .  31,977,457 

Reformed  Church  in  America . 2,136,091 

Reformed  Church  in  the  U.  S .  16,916,085 

Church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ .  6,546,662 


Eight  Reasons  for  the  United 
Simultaneous  Campaign 


(A*  given  by  Ike  Committee  on  the  Financial  Ingathering , 
Dr.  C.  //.  Patton ,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  chairman ,  and 
adopted  at  the  Atlantic  City  World  Survey  Conference.) 


“ First:  The  Church  will  for  the  first  time  be  able  to 
challenge  the  attention  of  the  world  by  projecting  the 
whole  program  of  the  whole  church. 

“Second:  At  this  crucial  time  the  world  needs  every 
possible  evidence  of  the  oneness  in  aim  and  effort  of 
the  Christian  church. 

“Third:  It  will  make  available  for  the  whole  church  the 
experience  and  wisdom  of  all  cooperating  bodies. 

“ Fourth :  It  will  serve  to  eliminate  many  competing 
appeals  by  concentrating  the  efforts  of  the  churches 
upon  this  one  inclusive  and  cooperative  enterprise. 

“Fifth:  The  very  greatness  of  the  task  will  serve  to  in¬ 
crease  the  interest  and  sacrifice  of  the  members  of  all 
the  churches. 

“Sixth:  It  will  enlist  the  cooperation  of  the  millions  of 
people  who,  though  not  members  of  the  church,  are 
nevertheless  sympathetic  with  its  program. 

“ Seventh :  It  will  effect  greater  economy  in  administra¬ 
tion,  through  common  efforts  in  publicity,  conferences, 
etc. 

“Eighth:  It  will  facilitate  the  solution  of  two  of  the 
largest,  most  important  problems  before  the  churches, 
viz.,  the  entrance  of  unoccupied  fields  at  home  and 
abroad,  and  the  adequate  provision  for  many  projects 
of  special  concern  to  some  or  all  of  the  cooperating 
bodies. 


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“For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  Christian  churches  of 
North  America  they  have  ascended  the  mountain  top  and  cast  their  eyes 
over  the  whole  world.  The  surveys  have  revealed  the  marvelous  blessings 
which  Almighty  God  has  vouchsafed  upon  the  efforts  of  His  church,  but 
they  have  also  revealed  the  magnitude  of  the  unfinished  task  and  the  in¬ 
adequacy  of  the  efforts  which  the  church  has  as  yet  put  forth.  These 
surveys  stand  before  the  Christian  church  as  the  greatest  challenge  it 
has  ever  faced  since  it  received  the  Great  Commission. 

“The  church  can  meet  this  challenge  only  as  it  pours  forth  its  life 
and  its  resources.  Its  young  men  and  women  can  respond  to  the  Mace¬ 
donian  call  of  this  modern  world  only  as  the  church  shall  send  them 
forth.  The  dedication  of  its  wealth  is  as  truly  an  act  of  worship  as  the 
dedication  of  its  young  life.  God  is  calling  upon  the  church  to  lay  both 
upon  His  altar  at  this  crucial  hour. 

“This  Financial  Ingathering  in  which  we  are 
about  to  participate  should  be  an  unparalleled  ex¬ 
pression  of  the  spiritual  power  of  the  Christian 
church.  As  stewards  of  the  boundless  resources 
which  God  has  entrusted  to  us  in  these  days  we 
are  now  to  give  account  of  our  stewardship. 

“We  cannot  but  feel  that  the  marked  impressiveness  of  these 
surveys  has  been  due  to  the  fact  that  they  have  been  the  initial  study  of 
the  whole  field  by  the  whole  church.  So  the  success  of  the  endeavor  to 
meet  this  challenge  will  be  more  certainly  assured  by  the  united  effort 
of  the  whole  church.  This  campaign,  therefore,  should  be  a  United 
Simultaneous  Financial  Ingathering.  ” 


The  Committee  on  the  Financial  Ingathering: 


Dr.  C.  H.  Patton,  Boston,  Mass.,  Chairman; 
Dr.  J.  Y.  Aitchison,  New  York;  F.  W.  Ayer, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Dr.  W.  B.  Beauchamp,  Nash¬ 
ville,  Tenn.;  Hon.  Thomas  E.  Bradley,  Chicago, 
Ill.;  Henry  Bond,  Brattleboro,  Vt.;  Mrs.  Lincoln 
M.  Coy,  Chicago,  Ill.;  Miss  Mabel  Cratty,  New 
York;  President  David  M.  Edwards,  Bichmond, 
Ind.;  Mrs.  C.  D.  Eulette,  Chicago,  Ill.;  Dr.  Fred 
B.  Fisher,  New  York;  T.  O.  Fuller,  Memphis, 
Tenn.;  Lee  W.  Grant,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Ralph 
W.  Harbison,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Colonel  E.  II. 
Haskell,  Boston,  Mass.;  Dr.  H.  C.  Herring, 
Boston,  Mass.;  Miss  Florence  Hooper,  Balti¬ 


more,  Md.;  Dr.  S.  S.  Hough,  Dayton,  O.;  George 
Innes,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Dr.  C.  S.  Johnson, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Dr.  William  E.  Lampe,  Phila¬ 
delphia,  Pa.;  Judge  H.  Walton  Mitchell,  Pitts¬ 
burgh,  Pa.;  Lyman  L.  Pierce,  New  York;  F.  M. 
Potter,  New  York;  Mrs.  F.  M.  Potter,  Metuchen, 
N.  J.;  Fleming  H.  Bevell,  New  York;  G.  M. 
Bodefer,  Bellaire,  O.;  C.  A.  Rowland,  Athens, 
Ga.;  J.  B.  Spillman,  Columbia,  S.  C.;  Mrs.  H.  R. 
Steele,  Nashville,  Tenn.;  Ambrose  Swasey, 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  Mrs.  James  A.  Well,  Jr.,  Mad¬ 
ison,  N.  J.;  A.  H.  Whitford,  Buffalo,  New  York; 
Charles  M„  Wonacott,  New  York. 


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What  the  Campaign 
Means  to  the  Church 


(From  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  World  Survey  Pro¬ 
gram  and  Budget ,  Professor  E.  D.  Burton ,  Chicago ,  III., 
chairman ,  as  adopted  at  the  Atlantic  City  Survey  Con¬ 
ference.) 


“We  are  impressed  by  the  response  of  the  great  organi¬ 
zations  which  have  entered  into  this  united  endeavor  to  win 
the  world  for  Christ.  That  140  different  boards  representing 
34  Protestant  denominations,  covering  the  entire  range  of 
Christian  activity,  should  affiliate  themselves  for  studying, 
planning  and  accomplishing  their  tasks,  we  consider  to  be 
one  of  the  most  glorious  achievements  in  the  history  of  the 
church,  the  proper  and  inevitable  response  of  God’s  people 
to  the  appalling  needs  of  our  age. 

“Since  there  is  no  other  agency  of  the  churches,  as  at 
present  constituted,  capable  of  undertaking  the  task  forced 
upon  us  by  the  present  world  situation  and  outlined  by 
the  Inter  church  World  Movement^  this  organization  was 
called  into  being* 

“We  believe  the  time  is  fully  ripe  for  such 
unity  of  action  on  the  part  of  united  Protestant¬ 
ism,  that,  without  attempting  to  solve  the  prob¬ 
lems  arising  from  divergent  and  conscientiously 
held  points  of  view  in  matters  of  doctrines  and 
policy,  the  churches  are  ready  for  a  common 
program  of  activity. 

'‘The  ideal  of  the  whole  church  facing  the  whole  task  appeals  to 
us  as  scriptural  and  practicable.  It  is  a  conception  full  of  dignity, 
worth  and  power.  In  our  opinion,  this  ideal  must  appeal  more  and 
more  to  the  forward-looking  men  and  women  of  our  churches  of  all 
names  and  connections. 

“Profoundly  grateful  for  what  has  already  been  wrought  in  bring¬ 
ing  the  Movement  to  its  present  position  of  prominence  we  cordially  in¬ 
vite  such  Christian  bodies  as  have  not  already  taken  favorable  action  to 
cooperate  in  a  movement  which  offers  the  promise  of  presenting  a  church 
undivided  in  its  purpose  and  plans  to  make  Christ  regnant  throughout 
the  nations.  ” 


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The  Denominations  and  the 
Interchurch  World  Movement 


“The  Conference  recognizes  in  the  Interchurch  World  Movement 
an  agency  of  vast  possibilities  for  good  in  the  development  of  unity  of 
spirit  and  practical  cooperation  among  the  evangelical  Protestant  de¬ 
nominations  of  the  United  States.  Originating,  as  all  such  movements 
must,  in  a  voluntary  group,  it  has  been  accepted  by  many  of  the 
churches  as  an  agency  of  the  denominations  as  such.  Its  aim  is,  and 
should  remain,  not  to  displace  other  organizations,  denominational  or 
interdenominational,  but  to  facilitate  cooperation  of  the  denominations 
and  their  efficiency  .... 

“It  is  further  recognized  that  the  Interchurch  World  Movement 
is  not  organized  for  the  purpose  of  administering  missionary  or  educa¬ 
tional  enterprises,  or  for  determining  the  policies  of  the  several  denomi¬ 
nations,  but  leaves  all  such  matters  in  the  hands  of  the  churches  and  the 
denominational  or  interdenominational  agencies  recognized  by  them. 
In  its  surveys  it  confines  its  service  to  ascertaining  and  portraying  the 
facts,  to  calling  the  attention  of  the  churches  and  their  agencies  to  the 
needs  revealed  by  these  facts  and  to  encouraging  the  churches,  through 
cooperative  effort,  to  work  out  the  problems  involved. 

“The  authority  of  the  Movement  rests  solely  in 
the  challenge  of  the  facts  it  is  able  to  present . . . .  ” 


The  Committee  on  World  Survey  Program  and  Budget: 


Professor  E.  D.  Burton,  Chicago,  III.,  Chairman ; 
Mrs.  John  S.  Allen,  New  York;  Dr.  Stonewall 
Anderson,  Nashville,  Tenn.;  Dr.  A.  W.  Anthony, 
New  York;  Dr.  James  L.  Barton,  Boston,  Mass.; 
Miss  Belle  H.  Bennett,  Richmond,  Ky.;  Mrs. 
F.  S.  Bennett,  Englewood,  N.  J.;  Dr.  F.  W. 
Burnham,  Cincinnati,  O.;  Dr.  C.  E.  Burton, 
New  York;  Bishop  James  Cannon,  Jr.,  Black- 
stone,  Va.;  Dr.  W.  E.  Chalmers,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.;  Dr.  William  I.  Chamberlain,  New  York; 
Bishop  George  W.  Clinton,  Charlotte,  N.  C.; 
Dr.  S.  J.  Corey,  Cincinnati,  O.;  Cyrus  S.  Eaton, 
Cleveland,  O.;  Dr.  D.  D.  Forsyth,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.;  Dr.  William  I.  Haven,  New  York;  Dr. 
Hubert  C.  Herring,  New  York;  J.  W.  Kinnear, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Miss  Kate  G.  Lamson,  Boston, 


Mass.;  Maribn  Lawrance,  Chicago,  Ill.;  Mrs. 
William  F.  McDowell,  Washington,  D.  C.; 
John  T.  Manson,  New  Haven,  Conn.;  Dr.  John 
A.  Marquis,  New  York;  Dr.  Wilton  Merle  Smith, 
New  York;  J.  H.  Mohorter,  St.  Louis,  Mo.; 
Dr.  Frank  Mason  North,  New  York;  Dr.  F.  W. 
Padelford,  Boston,  Mass.;  Rev.  C.  H.  Parrish, 
Louisville,  Ky.;  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Peabody, 
Beverly,  Mass.;  Dr.  H.  O.  Pritchard,  Indian¬ 
apolis,  Ind.;  Dr.  Egbert  W.  Smith,  Nashville, 
Tenn.;  Dr.  Robert  E.  Speer,  New  York;  James 
M.  Speers,  New  York;  President  J.  Ross  Steven¬ 
son,  Princeton,  N.  J.;  President  George  B.  Stew¬ 
art,  Auburn,  N.  Y.;  Dr.  Charles  R.  Watson, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Mrs.  W.  C.  Winsborough, 
St.  Louis,  Mo, 


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“A  Stupendous  and 
Unparalleled  Undertaking” 

(Extract  from  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  I  liter  church 
Financial  Policies  and  Budget ,  President  W.  0.  Thomp¬ 
son ,  Columbus ,  0.,  chairman) 

“That  we  approve  the  general  scale  of  expenditures  and  the  financial 
administration  of  the  Interchurch  World  Movement,  and  concur  in  the 
resolutions  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Review  at  Garden  City  on  December 
20,  1919,  as  follows: 

“  The  Board  of  Review  having  had  an  opportunity  to  hear  from  the 
leaders  of  the  Interchurch  World  Movement,  a  summary  of  their  plans, 
and  to  look  over  a  statement  of  expenditures  incurred  and  proposed, 
begs  to  report  that  in  its  judgment: 

“  ‘1.  The  plans  are  wisely  and  conservatively  drawn, 
and  not  more  extensive  than  necessary  in  view  of  the 
stupendous  and  unparalleled  undertaking  contem¬ 
plated. 

“  ‘2.  The  expenditures  are  carefully  and  judiciously 
planned,  and  though  running  into  important  sums, 
are  relatively  small  when  compared  with  the  results 
in  accomplishment,  spiritual,  educational  and  finan¬ 
cial,  which  are  justly  to  be  anticipated. 

“  ‘3.  Had  the  leaders,  through  lack  of  vision  or  fear 
of  present  criticism,  dared  less,  and  prepared  a  less 
adequate  foundation,  they  would  have  subjected 
themselves  eventually  to  far  greater  censure  because 
of  their  failure  to  have  constructed  a  foundation 
sufficiently  broad  and  strong  for  the  great  structure 
which  alone  will  be  in  a  sense  worthy  of  the  united 
effort  of  so  large  an  aggregation  of  the  Christian 
people  of  the  land.  .  . 


Committee  on  I  liter  church  Financial  Policies  and  Budget 


President  W.  O.  Thompson,  Columbus,  O., 
Chairman;  H.  G.  Bowden,  Cincinnati,  O.;  Dr. 
L.  C.  Branscomb,  Birmingham,  Ala.;  Dr.  How¬ 
ard  A.  Bridgman,  Boston,  Mass.;  Frank  L. 
Brown,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Dr.  Lathan  A.  Crandall, 
Chicago,  Ill.;  Dwight  H.  Day,  New  York;  W. 
T.  Demarest,  New  York;  Mrs.  J.  W.  Downs, 
Nashville,  Tenn.;  Dr.  Dwight  Goddard,  Ann 
Arbor,  Mich.;  William  A.  Harbison,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.;  S.  Earl  Hoover,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  William 
Kolb,  Jr.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Hon.  A.  S.  Kreider, 


Annville,  Pa.;  Robert  L.  Latimore,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.;  George  Nicholson,  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.;  Arthur 
Perry,  Boston,  Mass.;  W.  S.  Pilling,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.;  A.  C.  Powell,  New  York;  Mrs.  James 
Madison  Pratt,  New  York;  D.  C.  Shull,  Sioux 
City,  la.;  James  M.  Speers,  New  York;  David 
W.  Teachout,  Cleveland,  O.;  Herbert  K.  Twit- 
chell.  New  York;  Dr.  Joseph  A.  Vance,  Detroit, 
Mich.;  E.  F.  Willis,  Nashville,  Tenn.;  Bishop 
Luther  B.  Wilson,  New  York. 


Objectives  of  the  Interchurch 
World  Movement 


A  Survey  of  World  Need 

To  ascertain  the  moral  and  spiritual  needs  of  the  world 
from  the  point  of  view  of  the  evangelical  churches. 

A  World  Program 

To  state  the  requirements  fur  meeting  the  world’s  needs 
and  to  budget  them  in  terms  of  the  money,  leadership 
and  policies  involved. 

An  Educational  and  Publicily  Campaign 

To  acquaint  all  the  members  of  the  churches  and  their 
friends  with  the  facts  of  the  world  survey  and  program; 
and  to  develop  their  latent  spiritual  resources. 

A  Trained  Leadership 

To  appeal  to  the  students  of  the  world,  to  the  young 
professional  and  business  men  and  women,  and  in  fact 
to  all  Christians  to  dedicate  their  lives  to  leadership 
for  the  kingdom  of  God. 

Stewardship  and  Finance 

To  engage  in  a  united  financial  drive,  April  25  to  May  2, 
1920,  for  the  purpose  of  pledging  the  necessary  funds 
to  carry  out  a  world  program  of  work. 

The  Program  Applied 

To  cooperate  with  the  Administrative  Boards  and  other 
agencies  of  the  churches  in  meeting  the  world’s  moral 
and  spiritual  needs  in  the  most  efficient,  statesmanlike 
and  economical  manner. 


No. 497. FC. III.  250.  April,  1920. 


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